The best of artists has no conception that the marble alone does not contain within itself.

All your dreams can come true if you have the courage to pursue them

I readily absorb ideas from every source, frequently starting where the last person left off

If you don't have time to do it right, when will you have the time to do it over?

The painter has the Universe in his mind and hands.

If you wish success in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother and hope your guardian genius.

Don't gamble; take all your savings and buy some good stock and hold it till it goes up, then sell it. If it don't go up, don't buy it.

It is a cursed evil to any man to become as absorbed in any subject as I am in mine

Success is never final. Failure is never fatal. It s courage that counts.

Success means we go to sleep at night knowing that our talents and ablities were used in a way that served others.

The destination of the seeker… depends on the road he takes.

Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see.

It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.

The whole secret of a successful life is to find out what is one's destiny to do, and then do it.

For it is commonly said: accomplished labours are pleasant.

Deadlines just aren't real to me until I'm staring one in the face.

I never did a day's work in my life. It was all fun.

Effective communication is 20% what you know and 80% how you feel about what you know.

If I had eight hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend six hours sharpening my axe.

You can only become truly accomplished at something you love. Dont make money your goal. Instead pursue the things you love doing and then do them so well that people cant take their eyes off of you.

Try not to become a man of success but rather to become a man of value.